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Glad Not To Have Started (Six Sentence Story), Halloween Good Fences, An Occassion (Sammy's Poetry Day) and Hurricane Prep (Brian's Thankful Thursday

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"Here," she said, handing me a bottle of something, "I got this foundation and it's too dark for me, I thought maybe you could use it."


My blank look must have given away that i was rapidly trying to figure out how to politely decline the offer, because then she said, "Wait, do you even wear make-up?"


Only lipstick and mascara, and only once or twice a year, if even that, i said.  Then i added, It's just too time consuming to me, and i think the last time i wore any was at my brother's wedding a couple of years ago.


"Whew, you said it, it is time consuming, I wish I didn't have to put it on, but I just feel like I look terrible without it."'


The make-up habit is one that i am very, very glad i never started.



Linking up with Denise at Girlie On The Edge Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Foundation.        





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Gosia at Looking for Identity has taken over Good Fences, and it's now Good Fences Around The World.  Post a picture of a fence or gate, link back to her blog, and go visit other blogs to see what interesting fences there are out in this big world.     


How about some fun, spooky fences:












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It's Angel Sammy's Poetry Day This week's image and my poem:    






Yes, children, back in the day

You got dressed up to travel this way.

A plane ride was so rare you knew

Only your Sunday best would do.


By my travel years, 

Most dispensed with the hats,

But you still got dressed up,

And that was that.


The seats were indeed

Much more spacious,

The staff worked hard to

Be very gracious.


Passengers behaved

With manners and charm,

None ever thought of

Committing any harm.


Yes, times do change

Of that i'm quite aware,

That should never mean we

Dispense with behavior while up there.



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Brian of Brian's Home hosts the Thankful Thursday Blog Hop.   It's time to share something for which i am thankful.  


Yesterday, i showed up at Ms. G's house to work as usual, and she asked if i was up for an adventure.  Of course i was, so we went to a rescue out in the country to help them get hurricane prepared.  It was a great place, i had fun meeting people who are very into rescue, and i am thankful we were able to get them as ready as you can ever be for a storm.






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Today is:


Candies Day 


Coronation Day -- Cambodia (anniversary of King Norodom Sihamony, in 2004)


Cumhuriyet Bayrami -- North Cyprus; Turkey (Republic Day)(1923)


Hermit Day / Hide From Everyone Day -- internet generated, for those who would rather have a peaceful day today than celebrate the other holidays listed; look up how to be a hermit on wikihow


Internet Day -- it's predecessor went live today, see Today in History for detail


Laugh Suddenly For No Reason A Lot Today Day (And end up either getting yourself and everyone around you in a good mood, or yourself being observed at the hospital in a padded room.)


Mawlid an Nabi -- Islam/Muslim (Prophet's Birthday, began sunset yesterday; celebrated over the next several days, depending on which country)


Naming Day -- Tanzania


National Cat Daddy Day


National Cat Day -- US  


National Disgusting Little Pumpkin-Shaped Candies Day


National Oatmeal Day


Punkie Night -- Hinton St George, Somerset, England (a celebration for children and adults who carry candle-lit punkies -- the best one wins a prize -- made out of mangel-wurzels, a type of beet, and sing old punkie songs asking for money or treats)


Second Fiddle of the Month -- Fairy Calendar (a very poorly attended event -- who wants to play second fiddle?)


St. Mary of Edessa's Day (Patron against sexual temptation)


World Psoriasis Day  



Birthdays Today:


Gabrielle Union, 1972

Winona Ryder, 1971

Joely Fisher, 1965

Randy Jackson, 1961

Finona Hughes, 1960

Kate Jackson, 1948

Richard Dreyfuss, 1947

Melba Moore, 1945

Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, 1938

Dominick Dunne, 1925

Bill Mauldin, 1921

Fanny Brice, 1891

Charles Hercules Ebbets, 1858

Daniel Decatur Emmet, 1815

James Boswell, 1740 (wrote the biography of Samuel Johnson)

Edmund Halley, 1656 (O.S. Date) (yes, that Halley, found the comet)



Debuting/Premiering Today:


The Internet, 1969 (the first connection between computers that would become the Internet someday was made on this date when bits of data flowed between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Institute; this grew into ARPANET, and is now the Internet we know and yell at.)

"Let's Face It"(Musical), 1941

"Don Giovanni"(Mozart K. 527), 1787



Today in History:


Cyrus the Great entered the city of Babylon, BC539

First trial for witchcraft in Paris, 1390

Sir Walter Raleigh, adventurer, writer, and courtier, is beheaded, 1618

A severe earthquake shakes New England, 1727

Mozart's opera Don Giovanni receives its first performance in Prague, 1787

The first Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans, 1811

Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia, 1889

The first intercity trucking service, from Colorado City to Snyder, Texas, begins running, 1904

Turkey declares its independence as the successor state to the Ottoman Empire, 1923

Israeli forces invade the Sinai Peninsula and push Egyptian forces back toward the Suez Canal, 1956

Cassius Clay wins his first professional fight, 1960

Syria exits from the United Arab Republic, 1961

Montreal's World Fair, Expo 67, closes with over 50 million visitors, 1967

The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid, 1991

In South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission presents its report, which condemns both sides for committing atrocities, 1998

Space Shuttle Discovery blasts off on STS-95 with 77-year old John Glenn on board, making him the oldest person to go into space, 1998

In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution, 2004

The 3G wireless transmitters at Mt. Everest make coverage available to the summit, 2010

Random House and Penguin merge to become Penguin Random House, the largest publisher in the world, 2012

Turkey opens the first underwater rail tunnel linking Europe to Asia, 2013

China ends its one child policy after 35 years, 2015

New research is published indicating that the cacao tree was not first cultivated in central America, but in Ecuador by the Maya Chinchipe culture about 5,000 years ago, 2019


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